Shofukuji Temple — First Zen Temple in Japan

**The moss garden inner yard:** Through the san-mon gate and right into the smaller inner compound is a moss and stone garden accessible to visitors but never mentioned in tourist literature. The space is maintained by the resident monks and sometimes contains a monk engaged in raking work — the most direct glimpse of active Zen monastic practice available in the city. **Tea significance:** A stone marker near the east entrance notes this as the origin point of Japanese tea culture. The connection to Eisai's tea tradition means the temple sells small packets of Itoshima-grown tea (the hills Eisai planted) — an authentic historical continuity at ¥600.